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This week we looked into great Christmas gifts for everyone. Here are some of our favourites!

Image from MickMick Designs.

New baby around for Christmas? Get them one of these adorable cuddly personalised teddies from MickMick Designs. You can choose a message for the cuddly toy such as "Baby's First Christmas" and create a unique gift you can't find on the high-street.

Image from Mad About Cats

Got a relative who's crazy for kitties? Most of us do with the rise of cat popularity on the internet. These lovely cat Christmas cards are available from Mad About Cats !

Image from Kitsch a Go Go

Do you love the cute, kitsch and retro? You can find a range of bright, colourful and exciting gifts from Kitsch a Go Go, who stock a wide range of character homewares, accessories and clothing.

 

Image from Badge Beast

Badges are a great stocking filler for kids and adults alike! You can get a range suitable for gamer geeks, party animals, and sports supporters at Badge Beast.

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For a beautiful and luxurious gift for those with great taste how about a leather wallet from Bond and Knight, perfect for the man in your life. They come in a range of beautiful designs with pretty pops of colour.

Featured Stores Sponsored by Storm Trading!

Every week we will be working with the packaging specialists Storm Trading to bring you our featured favourite stores from around the web; we've handpicked really special and unique products too -  treasures that you might not have otherwise found! 

This week we are looking at Curious Home Decor, things which are a little weird and wonderful but will really make a design statement in your home! 

Mr J Design Studio

image from Mr J Design Studio  

Have you ever seen more weird and wonderful lighting than this? Leave your guests pondering while you bask in the golden glow of the Charles Bowler Hat Light. Whether your home style is going to be Victoriana chic or surrealist in style, this lighting will look perfect; or why not buy a couple and suspend them along a dining table for a different take on the mad hatter's tea party? Curious and Curiouser...

Kate Parker's Cabinet of Curiosities

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If you're a fan of the macbre with a glitzy glamourous twist there is no better way to strike fear and awe into your guest's hearts! Place these on your bedside tables, or have it observe you from a perch in the kitchen. It's a design statement and a beautiful contrast to shabby chic interiors. If you are seduced and tempted to buy this Glitter Skull Ornament, do so from the Cabinet or Curiosities.

Love Kitty Pink

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 This is the sort of phone which ladies gossiped on in the fifties, and in my opinion it must be accompanied by feather heeled slippers, a silk dressing gown and rollers in your hair. Love Kitty Pink makes these cute, kitsch and entirely original upcycled vintage phones, and you can get this Doll Face Design on Etsy, which is perfect for any boudoir! 

And from Storm Trading... Here's how to mimic the odd, dark and decadent look in your business packaging.

Why not wrap up your Christmas sales in these glamourous gold mailing bags?

Then complete the festive magic by wrapping your item in dark delicate noir tissue paper?

And complete the look with lashings of black ribbon!

Why We Love: Lime Crime

Welcome to the rainbow unicorn world of Lime Crime.

Lime Crime is a make-up brand that isn't afraid of breaking convention. They produce a range of candy coloured lipsticks, luxe eyeshadow pallets and Marie-antoinette inspired nail polishes.

 

 

Just in time for Halloween they've recently launched their Alchemy collection which has a witch-y zodiac vibe and features two unusual coloured lipsticks. 

 

 

Their founder is the beautiful and unique self proclaimed unicorn queen Doe Deere, who often posts some great make up looks and tutorials.

Keep Puggin' On. QooQoo Fashion

We love quirky and odd designs; we like fashion we've never seen before and ideally not priced well out of our reach! Our pug has hunted down some sweet threads this time. Enter QooQoo (No, the pug can't pronounce that.), mix graphic surreal prints with pastel tones and add to tights, swimwear and accessories. Chic but still crazy enough to make you stand out in a good way! 

 

Pink Puss Swimsuit $75

The dreamy, out of this world line makes some perfect pieces featuring pink Persians, space bears and truly epic Aztec prints. 

 

Dog Eye Stockings $45 

 Hairy Snake Scarf $55

Our pug normally snubs the high street, he's a spoilt little thing, but he loves the designer feel on a budget. if you're looking to inject some colour into your AW wardrobe, this is the brand to do it with. 

 

Supernature Shirt $60

A Puggin' Good Illustrator - Gemma Correll

Well, OK, our pug is a little bit narcissistic. He's a little bit in love with himself - but if you were a pug, wouldn't you be too?

Gemma Correll turned her doodles into some very popular designs for T-shirts and greetings cards.

 

Her drawing style is cute, quirky and unique. It's not quite elegant, in fact her characters are a little squishy looking (like pugs) but also have an incredibly cute charm about them. Gemma started selling her designs on her Etsy store, but she now had her own website and you can even find her T-Shirt designs in branches of Urban Outfitters. 

Whether you're looking for a really awesome walrus related key-chain, or a podgey unicorn badge, this is the shop you need to go to!